Emily Batsford (They/Them)
Emily Batsford (They/Them)
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Creative Lead, Director, Lead Puppeteer of Cumulo. Their artistry prioritizes inclusion & accessibility, and takes inspiration from immersive and physical theater practices, puppetry, and experimental forms.
International Puppetry: Book of Mountains and Seas (Basil Twist), Song of the North (Hamid Rahmanian / Two Chairs Productions), PACKRAT (Concrete Temple Theatre), Unfolding (Margarita Blush Productions). New York Puppetry: Song of the North (New Victory), A Divine Echo (Roulette Intermedium), Ernie’s Secret Life (Dixon Place), The Eye Which We Do Not Have (HERE Arts), FIVE (NYC Children’s Theater), Set in Stone (Sara Stern), End of the World (Center at West Park). New York Theater: Stop Motion (Theater for a New City), Touch (w/ Katrina Lenk, 59E59), The Brightness of Heaven (Cherry Lane). Puppet Direction: Inherit the Wind (Clarence Brown, UT Knoxville), Princess & the Frog (Brooklyn New School), Ernie’s Secret Life (Concrete Temple Theatre).
As a passionate theater deviser, Emily has also participated in countless work-in-progress showings at incubators like PuppetBlok, Object Movement Festival, LabWorks, The Tank, and the Henson Carriage House. When not performing, Emily is a Teaching Artist for Child's Play NY, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, New York City Children's Theater, and CO/LAB Theater Group. Emily is currently an Emerging Artist in residence at Culture Lab LIC developing their new puppet work, Cumulo. Learn more about them @efcbatsford on social media.
Cast & Creatives
Cast & Creatives
Puppet Designer and Fabricator
Yuliya Tsukerman is a Brooklyn-based puppeteer and myth-maker working in theater and film. She writes, directs, and designs cross-disciplinary works, often in collaboration with other artists.
Composer
David Leon is a Cuban-American composer and improviser living in Brooklyn, New York. His work is guided by a persistent search for vitality through autonomy, contradiction, hyperbole, and humor.
Set Designer
Vinny Mraz is a playwright, teaching artist and theater maker in NYC. His work has been seen at the The Vineyard Theater, Golden Thread Productions, HERE Arts, La Mama, New Ohio, and more.
Lighting Designer
Allison Costa is a transdisciplinary artist primarily based in New York City. Her practice is process-focused and collaborative and she is always interested in exploring new pathways and partnerships for creative experimentation.
Cloud Machine Design and Fabricator
Owner of metal and woodshop, @Silovsky Studios LLC, Joe is set up aluminum, steel wielding, and standard carpentry work. He has built theatrical sets as well as custom furniture and metal projects.
Special and heartfelt thanks to the following puppeteers, administrators, and collaborators for their artistic contributions during the development of Cumulo:
Special and heartfelt thanks to the following puppeteers, administrators, and collaborators for their artistic contributions during the development of Cumulo:
Carlo Adinolfi
Rosa Elling
Stephen Mascall
Sophia Zukoski
Frankie Alicea
J Hann
Max Mooney
Emily Bruner
Tess Howsam
Justin Perkins
Amanda Card
Takemi Kitamura
Renee Philippi
Maria Camia
Arielle Lever
Chris Shendge
Camille Cooper
Aidan Ling
Ash Winkfield
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